Don’t Reform the CFPB: Burn It Down, Salt the Earth
Washington, D.C. is a town full of acronyms and Orwellian Doublespeak. But one of the newer alphabet-soup agencies is causing a particular stir of late—the […]
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Against Net Neutrality
Net neutrality has a nice ring to it. Who doesn’t want an even playing field? But the internet evolved rapidly in a deregulated environment. And […]
The Case for Sexual Deterrence
Just like aggressive nations, so too people who are not innately moral are deterred from committing crimes by fear of punishment. The likelihood of arrest, […]
Can This Generation Be Saved?
Ask my Millennial children what they think of their Gen X mother on a bad day, and they will inform you, plentifully and in painful […]
In Defense of Masculinity
The last month has been a whirlwind of allegations and accusations of sexual assault from the heights of Hollywood to the halls of Congress, Big […]
A Filmmaker’s Fiction Distorts the Facts About JFK
On this 54th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, history once again confirms the truth of the uncertainty principle. That is, the study of […]
The Conservative Movement: ‘How Much Wisdom Have We Lost?’
In autumnal weather, one grows wistful . . . As a member of Generation X, I remember how difficult it was to scrounge up conservative […]
Why I Have Given Up on Trumpism
I have given up on Trumpism. I realize this declaration will come as a surprise to some readers. I should mention, therefore, that it is […]
Mueller’s Collusion Illusion
By now, it’s impossible to believe there was no collusion involving foreign powers in the 2016 presidential election. It’s just that the campaign in question […]
The Last Great All-American Film
February will mark the 34th anniversary of the wide release of the last great all-American film: “The Right Stuff.” Neither a love letter to liberals […]
Reflections on Terrorism: Idiots in Paradise
Every time some Muslim bombs, beheads, shoots, runs over, and otherwise terrorizes the likes of us in New York, Paris, London, Madrid, Boston, Barcelona, San […]
Sex, Politics, and the Judiciary: We’ve Seen This Movie Before
A claim of sexual harassment of any kind is now the nuclear option in American politics. It was most famously (although unsuccessfully) deployed against Clarence […]
Punching Back After a Year of Insults
One year ago, I did something I never thought I would ever do: I voted to elect Donald Trump the next president of the United […]
Anatomy of a Witch Hunt
A year has now passed since Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States. Trump frequently refers to the daily barrage of attacks […]
How Trump’s FCC Can Help Rural America
When Donald Trump won a surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election, he did so mainly because rural counties voted overwhelmingly in favor of the […]
The Perpetual Outrage Machine
The media’s 10-month panic attack triggered by Donald Trump’s inauguration shows no signs of abating. Every news cycle is filled with breathless reports of yet […]
Tech Giants Are Biggest Threat Facing Trump Supporters
After tech giants testified before Congress on Tuesday, Americans should realize the richest and most powerful U.S. companies wield power and influence in a way […]
Obama’s Shady Trump-Russia Spinmeister
An explosive story by Sean Davis at The Federalist reveals that President Obama’s PAC, Obama for America, paid nearly $1 million in 2016 to the […]
Dead Man Voting
Most Americans may be unaware of the Diplomatic Security Service, “the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State. It bears the […]
When Fantasy Trumps Reality
The enemy of empiricism is ideology. Translated that means politics make people see the world as they want it to be, rather than as it […]